Persistence of plant-mediated microbial soil legacy effects in soil and inside roots

Legacies of past plant communities are likely to influence plant-soil interactions. Here, the authors report a reciprocal transplant experiment showing that soil microbial legacies shaped by previous plants persist for soil fungi and root endophytes but can be reversed by a next generation of plants...

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Main Authors: S. Emilia Hannula, Robin Heinen, Martine Huberty, Katja Steinauer, Jonathan R. De Long, Renske Jongen, T. Martijn Bezemer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25971-z